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US’s Catherine Russell to head UNICEF

Russell succeeds Henrietta Fore of the US, who resigned in July 2021 to attend to a family health issue but offered to stay on until her successor is appointed…reports Asian Lite News

February 2, 2022

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Global protests against China’s ‘Genocide Winter Olympics’

The protestors termed the Beijing games as “Genocide Winter Olympics” and they also demanded CBC News to drop its sponsorship for the event….reports Asian Lite News Uyghur rights groups and Tibetans gathered

January 30, 2022

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UN remembers victims of Holocaust’s ‘unprecedented horror’

The UN held a virtual ceremony to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in remembering the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust during the Second World War…reports Asian Lite News

January 28, 2022

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Soldier kills 5 at Ukraine’s military plant

Four servicemen and one civilian woman were killed in the incident and five others were severely injured….reports Asian Lite News The police detained a Ukrainian National Guard serviceman who shot five people

January 27, 2022

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IMF cuts global economic forecast to 4.4%

The forecast, however, is subject to high uncertainty and risks overall are to the downside, including the emergence of deadlier variants, Gopinath added…reports Asian Lite News The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has

January 25, 2022

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MEDIA SCAN: Plea to clear NGO foreign funds today and Nepal protests China projects

A plea will be heard by the Supreme Court today, for non-profits to receive funding from abroad against the Centre’s refusal to renew licences and people in Nepal have started protesting against

January 24, 2022

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Ukraine crisis and Europe’s Cold War mentality

The process of burying European rivalries in structures of European unity exemplified by the European Union has been projected as an emblematic success in overcoming history and making Europe a haven of

January 21, 2022

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MEDIA SCAN: India extends flight ban and Afghanistan faces half-million jobs losses

India has extended a ban on scheduled international commercial flights till February 28, and half a million Afghanistan jobs have been lost under the Taliban …writes Joyeeta Basu. News in brief from

January 20, 2022

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Macron presents French EU Council Presidency’s priorities to EP

Addressing the European Parliament’s (EP) plenary session in Strasbourg, France, French President Emmanuel Macron outlined the priorities of his country’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU)…reports Asian Lite News

January 20, 2022

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MEDIA SCAN: India elections heat up as Pakistan falls under US terror scan

The assembly election battles in India are heating up in the run-up to polls next month, as Pakistan has come under scrutiny again for terrorism after the Texas synagogue hostage incident…writes Joyeeta

January 17, 2022

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